Chapter 10 South China Tiger (X)
Female tigers kept in captivity in zoos may also give birth to cubs but may not have enough milk or may not be able to breastfeed.
In order to increase the survival rate of tiger cubs, keepers will feed the cubs with formula milk or dog milk with similar nutrition.
Some zoos even hire "dog nannies" for tiger babies.
Visitors often see several tigers acting coquettishly around a female dog in the zoo.
That was the wet nurse who raised them since they were young and had a very high status in the tiger group.
The staff of the rewilding team took into consideration that the piglet was already half a year old and its appetite was much larger than that of a tiger of the same age.
They prepared milk overnight that was suitable for the physique of wild tigers and added with various nutrients, filled the sheep's stomachs and airdropped it to the babies.
Yu Yiyun successfully obtained breast milk, and all the shameless face and shattered dignity that she had lost before were rewarded.
He was so anxious to feed Tiger Sister that he didn't bother to piece together his fragmented self-esteem and clarify to everyone the rumor that "I don't want to drink milk."
The tiger cub picked up the sheep's stomach filled with milk and ran out of Mulan's territory.
He looked around, gave the "woohoo" signal, and hailed an express train - Zhen'an.
Zhen'an ran out quickly, intending to hold the tiger cub in his mouth.
Yu Yiyun shook his head like a rattle, motioning him to lie down, and then he climbed onto Zhen'an's back with a grunt.
This posture not only allows the mother to run faster, but also allows the sheep's stomach to be hidden under the belly to keep warm, preventing the milk from freezing into ice.
Although wild tigers have good stomachs, they will still get diarrhea after drinking milk with ice chips.
"Oh?"
“Ouch!”
——Are you sitting tight?
——Hold on tight, the driver is about to start the car!
Zhen'an can run very fast, reaching over 50 kilometers per hour with a tiger cub on its back, making it a veritable "tiger express car."
Half an hour later, he ran to the territory of the tangerine tree out of breath and collapsed on the spot like a useless cat.
Yu Yiyun threw it away after using it, leaving Zhen'an behind, holding the still warm sheep's stomach in his mouth, and crawled into the cave.
He came at me with such force that Shatangju became alert instinctively, and his eyes flashed with ferocity.
After finding out that it was his good friend Tiger, Satangju's attitude softened.
Even when Yu Yiyun approached Naituanzi, she did not bare her teeth at him.
"Ahhh!" Yu Yiyun put the lamb tripe to the tiger sister's mouth and called to her: Eat it, eat it ~ There is no tiger to snatch it from you now!
"Beep beep..."
South China tigers identify things by smell.
In Tiger Sister's cognition, only the smell of her mother can bring milk, not the smell of sheep's stomach.
She was very hungry, and she staggered into Yu Yiyun's arms, begging for food.
Shatangju lowered its head and sniffed the sheep's stomach, as if trying to figure out what it was.
Smelling the familiar aroma of milk, Shatangju recalled the days when he was a child, holding a bottle of milk in his mouth. He nudged Tiger sister from behind to show encouragement.
"Ahhh!" Yu Yiyun saw that she didn't know how to drink, and she had no hands, so she couldn't put the pacifier into Tiger sister's mouth.
I turned around in a hurry and suddenly thought of the method of "teaching by words and deeds".
Fat Tiger held the pacifier in his mouth, took two sips, and looked at Tiger Sister with anticipation.
"Ahhh!" Like this, has learning been wasted?
When Tiger sister smelled the milk, she hummed and came over, tilting her little head back to lick the milk at the corner of Yu Yiyun's mouth.
Yu Yiyun quickly dodged, feeling extremely devastated.
He realized what was wrong and took another sip of milk, not swallowing it, leaving the milk on the nipple.
The pacifier is made of silicone and is soaked in the sweetness of milk.
The little tiger finally determined it was food and took it into her mouth, sucking on it in big gulps.
The soft paws step on the sheep's belly, stepping on the milk alternately, which is so adorable.
It’s not easy to breastfeed a baby, now he finally gets to eat.
Yu Yiyun was so tired that she sat aside and licked the remaining milk stains at the corner of her mouth.
It’s sweet and delicious.
The fat kid who just said with all his strength, "I don't want milk," can no longer explain himself, wuwuwu.
The formula milk fed by the rewilding team is prepared according to the physique of six-month-old tiger cubs and the quantity is particularly sufficient.
After the tiger sister had drunk her fill, the remaining milk was enough to provide nutrition for the remaining three.
After the babies finished drinking the milk, Shatangju ate the sheep's stomach with a milky aroma, so nothing was wasted.
Yu Yiyun completed the task successfully, wagged her tail happily, and went home happily with the pacifier in her mouth.
As soon as he appeared in the camera range, he instantly triggered a new wave of "bad reviews".
[Criticizing the little pig by name, drinking milk behind our backs, how polite! ]
[+1, I have already ordered takeout, I want to watch Fat Tiger eat while eating]
[If you drink milk, you should drink it, right? 】
[Our Fat Tiger really likes to drink milk~ Such a big bag of milk is enough for me to drink for several days, and he finishes it in one meal]
[@野化团队, the baby likes to drink milk, give more, give more~]
Yu Yiyun had no idea that her image of "still needing milk at such an age" had become deeply rooted in people's hearts overnight.
The audience found that after Fat Tiger drank the milk, his appetite did not decrease at all. He called "Pig Mi Pig Mi" even more vigorously and gained a large number of fans.
The increased attention paid to the South China tiger is beneficial to its rewilding and protection, and will prevent the tragedy of past extinction from happening again.
The rewilding team is happy to see this happen and will naturally not skimp on the money for little Fatty Tiger’s milk powder.
As for the fact that the little fat tiger ate six or seven kilograms of meat after drinking milk, the wilding team thought it was suspicious, but did not think too much about it.
After all, at four months old, pigs can eat an entire chicken on their own.
During the coldest days of winter, the temperature in the mountains is getting lower and lower.
Tigers that hibernate must store enough fat to fight against the ice and snow, so it is not surprising that they eat a lot.
This misunderstanding continued until Satangju's baby was one month old.
The first month after a tiger baby is born is the period with the highest mortality rate.
Fortunately, the neighbor’s brother comes to feed the cat every two days, regardless of wind or snow.
Four little kids born in the cold winter wilderness miraculously lived to be a full month old.
Not only did she get everything, but the originally weak sister tiger was favored by her brother. She ate until her belly was plump every day, and her height gradually caught up with her brothers and sisters.
In order to better distinguish the little kids, Yu Yiyun named them the eldest, the second, the third and Tiger Sister.
That’s right, he admitted that he was the biased tiger sister!
The other three are the ones with tangerine breasts. Tiger sister’s full moon is coming successfully, and I deserve at least half of the credit~!
[Lift your head and stick out your belly.jpg]
Then I thought again, leaving aside the names of the other three, even the name 'Tiger Sister' sounds perfunctory.
Because the survival rate of South China tiger cubs is so low, they are often in danger of dying.
Yu Yiyun's team is accustomed to waiting until the tigers are one year old before giving them formal names.
Names like Kang Kang, Mulan, Zhen'an, and Shatangju were all given to children after they were one year old, when their personalities had become fixed.
Not to mention the four newborn cubs, even Yu Yiyun herself didn’t have a formal name.
--etc!
Yu Yiyun frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
My official name shouldn't be 'Fat Tiger', right?
Yu Yiyun, who didn't even know her nickname, which had changed from "Fat Tiger" to "Pig", bit her paw and prayed silently.
Don’t call me Fat Tiger, kid!
After all, he is my former colleague, so please give me a handsome name!
Just at this moment, the drone hovering in the sky finally captured some bright orange-red colors among the vast mountains and forests.
The sheep's stomach milk bottle has been used for feeding for half a month. The audience orders takeout every day, looking forward to watching Fat Tiger drinking milk live, but their hopes are dashed every day.
To this end, the rewilding team paid special attention and discovered that every time the tiger cub picked up the sheep stomach milk bottle, it would run outside the territory and call for Zhen'an.
What's going on?
It can't be that Zhen'an wants to drink milk, right?
He is such a big tiger!!
The rewilding team then realized that something was wrong and began to closely track the two tigers.
The Qinling Mountains have a complex terrain, and even in winter, the towering trees will block the view when shooting.
Zhen'an ran so fast that the photography drone lost track of him several times.
After three days of continuous tracking, we finally captured Xiaohu's whereabouts.
This day happened to be a rare sunny day in winter, and the sun was warm.
The full-moon tiger can already run, jump and fight. It can’t stay in the cave anymore and wants to explore the outside world.
Satangju took her babies out of Tiger Xue for the first time and bathed in the first sunshine of her life.
Zhen'an lay in the distance, guarding quietly.
A drone hovering in the sky happened to capture this scene.
In the photo, two big tigers and five little tigers are lying in a mess in the sun with their stomachs turned over to bask in the sun.
The three little kids huddled together affectionately, surrounding their mother.
The other one, a sweet tiger girl with bright colors that looked like a replica of a tangerine, was sleeping soundly in the neck of a tiger cub who was only half a year old but already had very dense fur, with her paws unconsciously stepping on the milk.
When the photo was sent back, everyone was so cute that they smiled like a pervert and kissed the screen several times.
Then they realized—
When people were not paying attention, pure wild South China tigers appeared again in the Qinling Mountains.
Moreover, there are four of them!
The most precious thing is that all four babies are chubby and very healthy.
In the cold winter, food is scarce, and it is impossible to take care of four babies at the same time relying on the ability of the sugar orange.
So……
The rewilding team thought of the little fat tiger's extra-frequent visits, that he suddenly started to step on the milk, and that the piglet ate so much every day but seemed to have lost a little weight recently.
Could it be that——
How is that possible!
It was not until the second batch of photos were sent back that the staff clearly saw that the four babies had woken up and three of them squeezed under the tangerine's belly to drink milk.
Little Tiger Girl didn't look for her mother. She leaned against Fat Tiger, skillfully picked up the sheep stomach milk bottle and gulped it down, drinking until her belly was round.
All the clues are connected.
Good job!
The rewilding team was collectively shocked and almost wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Fat Tiger.
There’s no need to pray to gods or Buddhas during the Chinese New Year, just worship Fat Tiger directly!
The rewilding team compiled a congratulatory message overnight, focusing on praising the little fat tiger and accompanying it with a photo of him sleeping with the tiger cub.
After seeing the good news, netizens rushed into the live broadcast room to apologize to Fat Tiger who was "vindicated."
[Baby, I was wrong. I shouldn't have laughed at you for stepping on my breasts even though you're so old. Our Fat Tiger is not a piglet~]
[Wow, this kid not only takes good care of himself, but also takes good care of his younger brothers and sisters]
[Tiger God, please accept my worship! As far as I know, the survival rate of wild tiger cubs is less than 1/4. Even for South China tigers kept in zoos, the survival rate is only about 50%. Tianmei's four cubs look like they are about one month old, and the survival rate is 100%. Who knows the value of this?]
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